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 We'll begin our worship singing to God's praise in Psalm 29 from the Scottish Psalter.

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 Psalm 29, and we're singing verses 1 to 5.

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 Psalm 29 from the Scottish Psalter, and we sing verses 1 to 5.

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 Give ye unto the Lord, ye sons, that of the mighty be,

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 all strength and glory to the Lord with cheerfulness give ye.

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 And to the Lord the glory give that to his name is due,

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 and in the beauty of holiness unto Jehovah bow.

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 The Lord's voice on the waters is the God of majesty.

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 Doth thunder, and on multitudes of waters sitteth he.

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 A powerful voice it is that comes out from the Lord most high.

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 The voice of that great Lord is full of glorious majesty.

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 The voice of the Eternal doth asunder cedars tear.

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 Ye God the Lord doth cedars break that Lebanon doth bear.

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 Psalm 29, verses 1 to 5.

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 Give ye unto the Lord, ye sons.

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 Give ye unto the Lord, ye sons, that of the mighty be,

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 All strength and glory to the Lord with cheerfulness give ye.

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 All strength and glory to the Lord with cheerfulness give.

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 All strength the Lord with glory give,

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 That to his name is due.

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 And in the beauty of holiness

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 And to Jehovah

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 The Lord's white song

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 The water's is

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 The God of majesty

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 Doth thunder and

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 On multitudes

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 Of water's city

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 A powerful voice

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 It is that comes

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 And from the Lord

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 Most high

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 The voice of that

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 Great Lord is full

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 Of glorious majesty

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 The voice of the eternal God

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 Asunder cedars' hair

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 Yea God the Lord

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 Does cedars' break

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 That Lebanon

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 We're just going to bow in prayer

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 I should have intimated that

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 I'm sure you're all aware

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 That there is

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 The Holiday Twinnies

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 There is a creche

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 Upstairs in the hall

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 And the Holiday Twinnies

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 For children aged 3 to 7

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 Is in the hall as well

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 Next door

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 Just bow in prayer

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 For a moment

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 Lord our God

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 We give thanks for

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 Another day

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 Where we can worship you

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 Although it is a wild day today

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 We're conscious that

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 You are the God

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 That rules over the calm

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 And over the storms

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 And so we pray

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 That we may rest in you

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 And to trust in you

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 With all our heart

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 We pray Lord

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 That you will bless us

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 At this holiday time

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 As people are away

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 We pray your blessing on them

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 When they're on holiday

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 And we pray for those

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 Who are here on holiday

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 May be catching up

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 With friends and family

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 We give thanks Lord

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 For these times

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 And we know that

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 You are the God

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 Who wants us to

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 Come apart

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 And to rest a while

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 And these times

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 Are good for us

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 And so we pray

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 That you'll bless us

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 Bless each and every

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 One of us today

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 But above all

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 That we may

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 Look to you

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 Trust in you

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 Believe in you

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 And come to know you

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 As Lord and Saviour

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 Watch over us

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 Then we pray

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 And keep us

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 Ever looking to yourself

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 And forgive us

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 Our sin

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 In Jesus name

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 We ask it

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 Amen

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 And just a

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 We word to

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 The young folk

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 Just as you know

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 The holidays are on

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 Just now

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 And I don't know

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 Whether it was

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 In all the schools

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 But just before

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 The holidays

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 Joshua

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 Got a report

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 A report card

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 Or a

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 Report sheet

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 As to how he was doing

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 And it got me

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 Thinking back

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 Myself to these

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 Awful times

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 When you used to get

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 A report card

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 And I was

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 I suppose

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 The teachers

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 You always feel that

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 They have all the power

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 And they tell

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 Your parents

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 How you're doing

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 In your reading

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 In your writing

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 In your maths

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 And you know

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 When you get into secondary

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 How you're doing

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 Whether it's physics

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 Or chemistry

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 Or all the different subjects

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 How you're doing

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 And then at the end

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 They kind of

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 Tell what they think

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 Of how you're doing

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 Or what you should be doing

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 And

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 I remember one year

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 I was about ten at the time

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 And the report was not good

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 And there was nothing about it

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 That was good

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 And I was wishing

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 That someone would

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 Pinch my school bag

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 Because I didn't want

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 To go home

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 With a report

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 Or that

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 That I could some way

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 Lose my bag

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 In fact

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 I actually remember

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 On the way home

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 Taking the report out

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 And holding it

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 Hoping the wind

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 Would blow it away

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 But it didn't

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 And

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 My parents

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 Weren't best pleased

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 Particularly my mum

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 Was always

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 Trying to push me

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 And I was

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 I actually

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 Wasn't very good

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 At that sort of thing

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 It's funny

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 I met

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 Someone

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 For a wee while

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 Way back in the day

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 I was teaching

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 For a while

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 And I met somebody

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 Very well known

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 In this town

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 Who said to me

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 Hey

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 I've got a bone

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 To pick with you

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 He said

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 I was clearing out stuff

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 And I found

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 An old report card

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 You gave me

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 And you put in it

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 Could be doing much better

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 But too interested

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 In what other people

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 Are doing

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 And I

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 Well

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 I said

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 It must have been through

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 If I wrote that

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 You can ask me afterwards

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 Who it is

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 I don't want to say

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 Just now

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 But the thing is

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 We could all

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 Make out reports

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 I would hate

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 If you were to make

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 A report

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 On my sermon today

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 If you started

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 Making a report

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 About your mums

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 Your dads

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 Your brothers

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 Your sisters

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 How would you do

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 A report about yourself

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 But you know

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 In a sense

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 God

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 Is doing a report

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 On us as well

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 Because he's taking

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 Note of everything

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 Not only that we do

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 And everything we say

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 But even everything

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 That we think

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 And you know

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 You say to yourself

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 Oh my word

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 Because the bible

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 Tells us

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 That there's going to

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 Come a day

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 When we

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 When we've all

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 Got to go

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 Before the lord

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 And we're told

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 We have to give

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 An account

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 To explain

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 What we've done

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 In this world

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 Whether good or bad

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 And that's why

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 Jesus has come

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 He's come into the world

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 To make our report

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 Good

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 Because do you know

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 What he does

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 When we

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 Trust Jesus

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 Believe in him

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 Love him

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 Obey him

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 Follow him

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 He wipes away

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 Everything bad

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 From our report

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 And he stands

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 In our place

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 And it's the most

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 Wonderful thing

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 And that's why

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 It's so important

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 That we ask Jesus

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 To come into our heart

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 And into our life

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 And I know some of you

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 Have done that

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 I would pray that

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 All of you

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 Do that

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 So that you will know

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 The wonderful cleaning

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 Of what Jesus

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 Does for us

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 We're going to say

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 The lord's prayer

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 Our father

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 Which art in heaven

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 Hallowed be thy name

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 Thy kingdom come

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 Thy will be done

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 On earth

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 As it is in heaven

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 Give us this day

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 Our daily bread

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 And forgive us

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 Our debts

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 As we forgive

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 Our debtors

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 And lead us

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 Not into temptation

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 But deliver us

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 From evil

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 For thine is the kingdom

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 The power

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 And the glory

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 Forever

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 Amen

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 We're going to sing

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 Again now

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 From the second psalm

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 Psalm number two

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 And this is in

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 Sing Psalms

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 Verses six to the end

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 Psalm two

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 From verse six

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 To the end

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 The lord has made it

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 Known to them

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 My chosen king

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 I have installed

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 On Zion

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 My own holy hill

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 He is the one

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 Whom I have called

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 The king then

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 Solemnly declares

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 I will proclaim

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 The lord's decree

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 Today your father

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 I become

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 You are my son

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 He said to me

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 Ask me

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 And for your heritage

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 I'll give you nations

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 Near and far

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 You'll break them

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 With an iron rod

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 And smash them

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 Like a potter's jar

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 Now therefore

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 Kings

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 Through wisdom find

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 You judges of the earth

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 Give ear

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 With reverence

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 Come and serve the lord

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 Bow down with joy

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 And trembling fear

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 Pay homage

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 To the royal son

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 Lest you in wrath

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 A side are thrust

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 For swiftly can his anger blaze

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 Blessed are all

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 Who in him trust

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 Psalm two

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 From six to the end

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 And sing psalms

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 The lord has made it

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 Known to them

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 The lord has made it

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 Known to them

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 My chosen king

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 I have installed

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 On Zion

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 My own holy hill

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 He is the one

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 Whom I have called

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 The king then solemnly declares

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 I will proclaim

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 The lord's decree

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 Today your father

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 I've become

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 You are my son

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 He said to me

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 Ask me

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 Ask me

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 And for your heritage

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 I'll give you nations

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 Near and far

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 You'll break them with an iron rod

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 And smash them like

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 A potter's jar

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 Now therefore

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 Kings

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 True wisdom

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 Find

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 You judges

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 Of the earth

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 Give ear

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 With reverence

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 With reverence

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 Come and serve the lord

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 Bow down with joy

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 And trembling fear

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 Pay homage to the royal son

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 To the royal son

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 Blessed you in wrath

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 As I do

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 For swiftly can his anger blaze

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 Blessed are all

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 Blessed are all

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 Who in him trust

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 Let us again bow in prayer

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 Lord as we come before you

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 The mighty and glorious God

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 We pray that we will come with a sense of

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 Through reverence and godly fear

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 We are in the presence of the almighty

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 The creator of heaven and earth

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 The one with whom we have to do

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 The one that one day we all have to give an account of

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 What we have done here whether good or bad

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 We pray that you will help us as we worship you today

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 We pray that you will help us in all that we are about throughout the week

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 We give thanks that we are able to depend upon you

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 And we pray for a growing sense of trust in you

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 Because so often we do lean on our own understanding

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 Rather than trusting you

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 So we pray that you will grant us the faith every day to live by faith

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 So often we are wrapped up in ourselves

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 And we forget that so often there is a bigger picture

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 Help us Lord to have visionary eyes

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 That may see beyond ourselves

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 And to understand so often Lord

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 That when you work

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 You work often through us

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 In ways that we don't understand

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 So grant us patience in the face of your providence

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 And grant us faith as we journey

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 At every step

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 We pray Lord that you will bless us all here today

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 With all our different needs

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 We ask Lord that you will keep us safe

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 And that you will bless us

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 That you will bless us in our homes

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 And bless us in our families

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 Lord we pray for all those who are unwell

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 Just now we are so conscious

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 That there are so many who are in need

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 And we ask your blessing upon them

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 We pray for healing

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 And we pray for help

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 We pray for strength and for grace

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 And we realise that when our world changes

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 So often with illness

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 That it has a huge impact upon everybody

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 And so we ask that your grace will be sufficient

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 We give thanks for the promise of sufficiency of grace

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 And we pray that that might be laid upon

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 And that your people will all be blessed

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 We pray your blessing of those who mourn

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 And whose hearts are heavy and sore

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 And we are conscious Lord that death

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 Death changes everything for our family

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 And even although the days may have moved on

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 In many ways

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 Family does not move on

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 There is a remaining settled sore

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 And so we pray that you will

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 Be with every broken heart today

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 And everybody who is feeling the pain and the sorrow

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 And the grief that comes

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 Through the loss of loved ones

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 Lord we pray for us

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 In all the different situations we confront

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 In every relationship that we are in

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 Whether these are in family

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 Or whether they are church relationships

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 Or work relationships

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 Or community relationships

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 And whatever it is Lord

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 We pray to help us

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 And to bless us

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 And to guide us

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 And to uphold us

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 Help us to be good witnesses

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 In a world where

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 We have always got to remember

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 That we are as your word says

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 Living epistles

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 Read by people

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 And we pray that

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 Our witness might be a good one

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 And forgive us Lord

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 For when we let you down

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 So often by what we say

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 And what we do

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 And we forget a watching world

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 That are taking note

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 And often assessing

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 And making a judgement

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 As to who Christ is

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 By the way we live

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 And so we pray that we might

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 Live worthy of the high calling

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 To which we have been called

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 We pray that you will bless

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 This congregation

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 And we ask that you will be with

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 James and with Donna

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 We pray that everything will have gone well

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 And that as she has returned home

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 And that she will regain strength again

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 We pray to be with her

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 And we pray that Lord

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 That you will be with James

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 As he approaches the final time

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 Of his ministry here

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 And we realise what a huge loss

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 It is going to be for us

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 So we pray that you will sustain him

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 And bless him

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 And that he will know the power

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 Of your spirit ministering in him

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 In these days

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 We pray for Calamurdo and Joan

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 As they are awake just now

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 And we ask your blessing upon them

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 And we pray for everybody

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 Who works here in this congregation

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 So much is done

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 So much is done

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 Often that isn't

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 Maybe recognised and realised

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 By so many

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 But there are so many things that are done

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 But nothing is hidden from your eye

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 And you take note of every single thing

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 That is done in your name

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 And we know Lord

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 That each thing that is done by faith

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 In your name will receive its own reward

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 And so we pray to encourage your people

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 And be with them

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 In a day where there is so much to discourage us

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 We live in a day where there is a growing oppression

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 Towards the cause of Christ

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 We pray Lord

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 That you will overturn every attempt that is made

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 With regard to the legislation for this conversion therapy

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 And that people will be brought to realise

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 That it's an encroachment really upon the freedoms of the Gospel

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 O Lord our God

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 We pray for liberty for our nation

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 Gospel liberty

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 Gospel freedoms

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 Maybe we have taken all these blessings for granted for too long

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 And we pray then that you will keep us

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 Always having this freedom

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 Gospel freedoms

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 We pray then for our politicians

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 Whether they are in Westminster or in Holyrood

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 We ask Lord that you will guide them from on high

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 Not according to their own earthly wisdom

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 But that even despite themselves

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 Despite maybe their ignorance of the truth

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 Or their opposition to the truth

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 That you will still influence them

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 Because the King's heart is in the hand of the Lord

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 And he is able to turn it whichever way he will

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 We pray for our royal family

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 And ask your blessing upon them at this time

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 Where there is illness

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 And we pray for healing

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 We pray your blessing upon our local council

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 Our council and our councillors

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 We ask to bless them

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 And we pray that you will be with all

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 Who are places of responsibility in our land

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 And grant them wisdom

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 That we may indeed be able to enjoy

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 Gospel freedoms and gospel blessings

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 We pray your blessing upon Muriel

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 And we give thanks Lord for her coming home

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 And to grant her safety and health and strength

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 We pray your blessing upon all who serve you

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 In different countries

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 And ask Lord that you will encourage them

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 Maybe through difficult and dark times

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 And pray that you will sustain them and keep them

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 Particularly when the evil one might be attacking them

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 And telling them that their labour is completely in vain

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 May they be encouraged in knowing that no labour in the Lord is in vain

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 We ask then that you will be with us as we wait upon you

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 And pray that you will take away from us our every sin

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 In Jesus name we ask it, Amen

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 Amen

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 We are going to read two sections of God's word

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 Both in the book of the Acts of the Apostle

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 Chapter 9 first of all

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 And we read verses 1 to 15

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 Acts 9 verses 1 to 15

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 And then in chapter 16

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 But Paul still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord

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 Went to the high priest

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 And asked him for letters to the synagogues of Damascus

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 So that if he found any belonging to the way

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 Men or women

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 He might bring them bound to Jerusalem

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 Now as he went on his way

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 He approached Damascus

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 And suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him

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 And falling to the ground

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 He heard a voice saying to him

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 Saul, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?

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 And he said, who are you Lord?

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 And he said, I am Jesus whom you are persecuting

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 But rise and enter the city

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 And you will be told what you are to do

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 The men who were travelling with him stood speechless

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 Hearing the voice but seeing no one

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 Saul rose from the ground

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 And although his eyes were opened

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 Although his eyes were opened

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 He saw nothing

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 So they led him by the hand

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 And brought him into Damascus

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 And for three days he was without sight

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 And neither ate nor drank

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 Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias

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 The Lord said to him in a vision

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 Ananias

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 And he said, here I am Lord

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 The Lord said to him

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 Rise and go to the street called Straight

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 And at the house of Judas

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 Look for a man of Tarshish named Saul

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 For behold he is praying

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 And he has seen in a vision

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 A man named Ananias

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 Come in and lay his hand on him

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 So that he might regain his sight

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 But Ananias answered

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 Lord I have heard from many about this man

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 How much evil he has done

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 To your saints of Jerusalem

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 And here he has authority

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 From the chief priests

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 To bind all who call on your name

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 But the Lord said to him

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 Go for he is a chosen instrument of mine

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 To carry my name

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 Before the Gentiles and kings

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 And the children of Israel

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 Then we turn to chapter 16

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 And we read from verse 13

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 We find Paul and his missionary journeys here

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 In verse 13

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 Or we can read in verse 12

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 And from there to Philippi

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 Which is a leading city

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 Of the district of Macedonia

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 And a Roman colony

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 Who remained in this city some days

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 And on the Sabbath day

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 We went outside the gate to the riverside

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 Where we supposed

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 There was a place of prayer

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 And we sat down

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 And spoke to the women

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 Who had come together

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 One who heard us

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 Was a woman named Lydia

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 From the city of Thyatira

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 A seller of purple goods

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 Who was a worshipper of God

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 The Lord opened her heart

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 To pay attention

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 To what was said by Paul

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 And after she was baptized

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 And her household as well

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 She urged us saying

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 If you have judged me

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 To be faithful to the Lord

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 Come to my house

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 And stay

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 And she prevailed upon us

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 As we were going to the place of prayer

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 We were met by a slave girl

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 Who had a spirit of divination

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 And brought her owners much gain

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 By fortune telling

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 She followed Paul and us

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 Crying out

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 These men are servants of the Most High God

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 Who proclaim to you the way of salvation

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 And this she kept doing for many days

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 Paul having become greatly annoyed

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 Turned and said to the spirit

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 I command you

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 In the name of Jesus Christ

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 To come out of her

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 And it came out at that very hour

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 And when her owners saw

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 That their hope of gain was gone

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 They seized Paul and Silas

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 And dragged them into the market place

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 Before the rulers

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 And when they had brought him

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 To the magistrates

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 He said

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 These men are Jews

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 And they are disturbing our city

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 They advocate customs

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 That are not lawful

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 For us as Romans

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 To accept our practice

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 The crowd joined in attacking them

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 And the magistrates

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 Tore the garments off them

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 And gave orders to beat them with rods

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 And when they had inflicted many blows upon them

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 They threw them into prison

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 Ordering the jailer to keep them safely

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 Having received his order

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 He put them into the inner prison

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 And fastened their feet in the stocks

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 About midnight

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 Paul and Silas were praying

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 And singing hymns to God

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 And the prisoners were listening to them

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 And suddenly there was a great earthquake

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 So that the foundation of the prison

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 Was shaken

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 And immediately all the doors were opened

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 And everyone's bonds were unfastened

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 When the jailer woke

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 And saw the prison doors were open

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 He drew out a sword

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 And was about to kill himself

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 Supposing that the prisoners had escaped

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 But Paul cried with a loud voice

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 Do not harm yourself

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 For we are all here

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 And the jailer called for lights

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 And rushed in

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 And trembling with fear

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 He fell down before Paul and Silas

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 Then he brought them out and said

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 Sir, what must I do to be saved?

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 They said, believe in the Lord Jesus

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 And you will be saved

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 You and your household

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 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him

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 And all who were in the house

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 Amen

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 And may God bless to us

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 These readings of his own holy word

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 We are going to sing again now

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 Sing Psalm

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 Psalm 46a

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 Psalm 46a

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 Psalm 46a

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 Page 59

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 God is our refuge and our strength

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 Our ever-present aid

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 And therefore though the earth gives way

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 We will not be afraid

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 Though mountains fall into the sea

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 The waters foam and roar

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 We will not fear

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 Though mountains quake

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 As waves engulf the shore

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 A river flows

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 A river flows whose streams delight

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 The city of our God

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 The holy place in which the Lord

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 Most High

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 Has his abode

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 To the end of verse 7

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 Six stanzas of Psalm 46a

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 God is our refuge and our strength

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 God is our refuge and our strength

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 Our ever-present aid

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 God is our refuge and our strength

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 Our ever-present aid

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 And therefore though the earth gives way

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 And therefore though the earth gives way, we will not be afraid.

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 Though mountains fall into the sea, though waters fall and roar, we will not fear.

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 Though mountains quake as waves in countless shores, a river flows to streams delight,

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 the city of our God, the holy place in which the Lord most high has his abode.

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 God is within this holy place, the city will not yield.

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 For God will come at break of day to be her help and shield.

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 The nations are in disarray, the kingdoms disappear.

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 God speaks and at his mighty voice, the whole earth melts with fear.

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 The Lord Almighty is with us to strengthen and sustain.

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 For Jacob's God our strong defence and fortress will remain.

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 Amen.

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 Probably the greatest missionary that the church has ever known, who was once one of the worst persecutors.

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 And then to look at the conversion of two of those who were by this converted missionary,

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 had come to faith through his ministry.

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 Now as we know, there were few religious people who hated the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:34.319
 quite like the Apostle Paul or Saul of Tarshish as he was then.

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 And he was schooled in the ways of the Jewish religion.

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 And he was a Pharisee of the Pharisees.

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 He was somebody who understood the law at levels that few people could understand.

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 He had been taught by the best.

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 And he was somebody who prided himself in his knowledge of the truth.

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 But it just shows how blinded people can actually be.

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 And that's one of the things I would always, why it's so important that when we come to God's word,

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 that we come with a prayer in our heart that the Lord will open our eyes to understand, to see.

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 And that we be prepared to change preconceived ideas, pre-held ideas, to have them moved.

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 Because sometimes we can have our own ideas and we're absolutely passionate and we hold to them.

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 And sometimes they're not quite in keeping with God's word.

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 So that every time we come to God's word, we have to say to the Lord,

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 Lord, make me ready to be changed.

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 To change my thinking if that's necessary.

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 So that I will actually see and be, so that your word will have an impression and impact upon my heart and my life.

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:58.319
 Because you see, Saul was somebody who studied the word of God.

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 But because he had pre-held ideas.

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 Because the whole sort of the school of the Judean law, their understanding of who Christ was to be the Messiah when he came.

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 Christ didn't fit their picture.

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 And so this was a major problem.

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 So we've always got to guard against that.

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 Well, that was Paul's or Saul's great problem.

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 Is that he had his own idea of who the Messiah was.

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:30.320
 Jesus didn't fit it.

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 So in his eyes, Jesus was simply an imposter.

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 And he couldn't believe that Jesus had the audacity to claim to come from God and to be God.

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 Now it's more than likely that Saul actually would have seen Jesus.

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 I'm sure he was still alive.

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:54.320
 He would, Saul would have been alive in the time of Christ.

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 And it's quite possible that Saul actually heard Jesus.

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 But he certainly was somebody who had been involved in the stoning of Stephen.

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 They laid their coats.

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 Those who were stoning had put them down.

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 And Saul saw the face of Stephen shining.

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 Where Stephen was given this glimpse into glory of.

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 And seeing Jesus standing there.

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 And his face was shining.

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 That didn't stop them stoning.

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 And Saul saw all that.

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 And he gave total assent to the stoning of Stephen.

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 And there seemed to have been a fire lit in Saul's heart.

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:43.320
 A fire of hatred against everybody who followed the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And he was going to do his utmost to wipe this way that they called it.

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 Of the Christian faith.

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 To remove it altogether.

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 And so when you look at Saul of Tarshish.

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 You see somebody and you'd say.

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 That's as hard a person.

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:02.320
 As ever will come.

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 To faith in Jesus Christ.

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 You would write Saul off.

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 And say impossible.

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:10.320
 Well.

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 We shouldn't write anybody off.

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:22.320
 Because God's grace can go anywhere apart from hell.

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:24.320
 God's grace is not in hell.

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:26.320
 God's grace is all over this world.

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 There's this common grace.

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 Which everybody receives.

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.320
 And we.

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:35.320
 There's so many of the benefits that we receive in life come to us.

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:36.320
 Of course.

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:38.320
 All that's good comes to us from God.

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:42.320
 But God's grace is full of surprises.

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 And God works often in what we deem impossible.

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:49.320
 Nothing is impossible with God.

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 And right throughout the history of the church down to this day.

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:56.320
 The Lord is saving and bringing in people.

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:58.320
 That we might have written off.

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 That we would never believe could ever be Christians.

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:05.320
 So we should never ever put anybody outside in our own thinking.

00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:06.320
 The grace of God.

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:10.320
 In fact it's incumbent upon us to be praying for people.

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:12.320
 To pray for.

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:13.320
 If you think of somebody and you say.

00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:15.320
 Oh that person will never be a Christian.

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:17.320
 That's all the more reason.

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:19.320
 To start praying for them.

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:21.320
 That they might be awakened.

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:22.320
 And that they might hear the gospel.

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:24.320
 And that they might come to faith.

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:25.320
 Well anyway here's Saul.

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:27.320
 Man on a mission.

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:29.320
 And he has the full backing of all the religious leaders.

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 As he's making his way down.

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:35.320
 To cause as much havoc as possible down.

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:37.320
 And he's heading to Damascus.

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 And you know it's really sad when you see this.

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:43.320
 That these people the likes of Saul.

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 Is actually thinking he's doing God a service.

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:48.320
 He's doing this as a religious man.

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 Thinking that he's helping God.

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:53.320
 And right to this very day.

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:56.320
 There are many people being put to death.

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 By religions.

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 And they're doing it as a service to God.

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:05.320
 In their own thinking.

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 And Jesus said that was going to happen.

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:10.320
 He said that Jesus warned.

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:11.320
 And he prophesied.

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:13.320
 That they're going to put you to death.

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 And they think that they're doing God a service.

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:18.320
 When they put you to death.

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 It's an extraordinary thought.

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:22.320
 Well here's Saul.

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 And he's about 150 miles.

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 Down from Jerusalem.

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 And then all of a sudden.

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:30.320
 This incredible blinding light.

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:32.320
 As he describes later on.

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 Brighter than the midday sun.

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 And it shone down upon him.

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 And it blinded him completely.

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:42.320
 And he couldn't see anything.

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 And he fell to the ground.

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 And you know it's interesting.

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:48.320
 That this is always the impact.

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:50.320
 The effect.

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 Of the glory.

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:53.320
 Of the Lord.

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:54.320
 On anybody.

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:57.320
 When Jesus was here in this world.

00:38:57.320 --> 00:39:01.320
 We know he was here in the human nature.

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:05.320
 And it was as all the glory that belonged to him.

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:09.320
 As the divine was eclipsed.

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:12.320
 And people just saw the man.

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:14.320
 But there were moments.

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:16.320
 When something of the glory.

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 Would come through.

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:19.320
 Like at the transfiguration.

00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:21.320
 When they came to arrest Jesus.

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 Who are you seeking?

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:24.320
 Jesus of Nazareth.

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:25.320
 I.

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 He says.

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:27.320
 I am.

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 I am he.

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:29.320
 What happened?

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:30.320
 They all fell to the ground.

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:31.320
 They couldn't stand.

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:32.320
 Before the glory.

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:33.320
 That was revealed.

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:34.320
 Just for a moment.

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:35.320
 It was too great.

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:36.320
 Fell down.

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 You see.

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:39.320
 Ezekiel.

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:41.320
 When he's given that vision.

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:42.320
 He falls to the ground.

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 You see it at the time.

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 Of the dedication.

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:46.320
 Of the temple.

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:48.320
 In the time of Solomon.

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:49.320
 They couldn't stand.

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:50.320
 In the presence.

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:52.320
 Of the glory of the Lord.

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:53.320
 You see John.

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:55.320
 In the book of Revelation.

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:57.320
 He falls as one dead.

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:58.320
 At the display.

00:39:58.320 --> 00:40:00.320
 Of the glory of Jesus.

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:02.320
 This is the risen Jesus.

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 And so.

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 This is what happens to Saul.

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 The Lord gives.

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:07.320
 A revelation of himself.

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:08.320
 To him.

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 He falls down.

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 Just.

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:11.320
 Just in a heap.

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:14.320
 And that's the glory.

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:15.320
 Before.

00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:17.320
 Whom we have all to appear.

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:19.320
 It is before the risen Jesus.

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:21.320
 That is where the judgment seat.

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:22.320
 Will take place.

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:25.320
 Many people think of Jesus.

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.320
 Simply as the human Jesus.

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:28.320
 Well he still is the human Jesus.

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:29.320
 The human nature.

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:30.320
 He took.

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:31.320
 He has forever.

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:32.320
 He continues to have.

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:33.320
 But it is now.

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:34.320
 In all the glory.

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:36.320
 That he has sworn.

00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:38.320
 And it is this glory.

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:39.320
 That no human.

00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:41.320
 Can stand before.

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:42.320
 And that's why.

00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:43.320
 We're told in Philippians.

00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:45.320
 That before him.

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:46.320
 Every knee.

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:47.320
 Will bow.

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:49.320
 And every tongue.

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:50.320
 Will confess.

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:52.320
 That Jesus Christ.

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:53.320
 Is Lord.

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:54.320
 To the glory of God.

00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:55.320
 The Father.

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:57.320
 No atheists.

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:58.320
 No agnostics.

00:40:58.320 --> 00:40:59.320
 No mockers.

00:40:59.320 --> 00:41:00.320
 No scoffers.

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:01.320
 No.

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:02.320
 No infidels.

00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:03.320
 No infidels.

00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:04.320
 On that day.

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:05.320
 All with one accord.

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:06.320
 Will acknowledge.

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:07.320
 That Christ.

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:08.320
 Is Lord.

00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:10.320
 It's a very very.

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:11.320
 Very solemn thought.

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:13.320
 Well we see here.

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:14.320
 That.

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:15.320
 Saul.

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:17.320
 Is absolutely.

00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:18.320
 Overcome.

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:19.320
 By the.

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:20.320
 The presence.

00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:21.320
 And the power.

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:22.320
 And then this voice.

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:23.320
 Says.

00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:24.320
 Saul.

00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:26.320
 Why are you persecuting me?

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:27.320
 You see.

00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:28.320
 Every blow.

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:29.320
 That is struck.

00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:30.320
 Against the follower.

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:31.320
 Of Christ.

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:32.320
 Is felt.

00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:33.320
 By.

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:34.320
 By Jesus.

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:35.320
 Because he's head.

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:36.320
 Of the church.

00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:37.320
 You know.

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:38.320
 When you get hit.

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:39.320
 And you're.

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:40.320
 In any way.

00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:41.320
 Yes.

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:42.320
 It is where you get hit.

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:43.320
 That hurts the most.

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:44.320
 But you feel.

00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:45.320
 Your whole.

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:46.320
 Being feels it.

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:47.320
 Well the Lord.

00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:48.320
 Is showing us here.

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:49.320
 That.

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:50.320
 Every blow.

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:51.320
 That is hit.

00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:52.320
 Christian.

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:53.320
 Is felt.

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:54.320
 By him.

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:55.320
 As well.

00:41:55.320 --> 00:41:56.320
 Now.

00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:57.320
 There are so.

00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:58.320
 Many things.

00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:59.320
 That we could say.

00:41:59.320 --> 00:42:00.320
 Here.

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:01.320
 But.

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:02.320
 Because we're going to.

00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:03.320
 Move on.

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:04.320
 Very quickly.

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:05.320
 But.

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:06.320
 Just that we see.

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:07.320
 Here.

00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:08.320
 As.

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:09.320
 That.

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:10.320
 Saul.

00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:11.320
 As he goes along.

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:12.320
 As he goes along.

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:13.320
 Two or three things.

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:14.320
 That.

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:15.320
 That has happened here.

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:16.320
 Saul.

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:17.320
 Tells us.

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:18.320
 Later on.

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:19.320
 That he was.

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:20.320
 Apprehended.

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:21.320
 By Christ.

00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:22.320
 Christ.

00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:23.320
 Christ.

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:24.320
 He was on his way.

00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:25.320
 To persecute Christians.

00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:26.320
 And all of a sudden.

00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:27.320
 The one who was on his way.

00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:28.320
 To arrest.

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:29.320
 Christians.

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:30.320
 Is arrested.

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:31.320
 By Christ.

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:32.320
 Christ.

00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:33.320
 Stops him.

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:34.320
 In his tracks.

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:35.320
 He's apprehended.

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:36.320
 By Christ.

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:37.320
 Wonder if.

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:38.320
 Anybody here.

00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:39.320
 Can experience.

00:42:39.320 --> 00:42:40.320
 Know something.

00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:41.320
 Of that experience.

00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:44.320
 Maybe your conversion.

00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:45.320
 Is such.

00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:46.320
 That you know.

00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:47.320
 Of how you were going.

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:48.320
 In one direction.

00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:49.320
 And then all of a sudden.

00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:50.320
 You were stopped.

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:51.320
 You were stopped.

00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:52.320
 In your tracks.

00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:53.320
 And you knew.

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:54.320
 That a power.

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:55.320
 Greater than your own.

00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:57.320
 Was working in you.

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:59.320
 That was the beginning of it.

00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:00.320
 Well that's how it was.

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:01.320
 With.

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:02.320
 With.

00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:03.320
 With Saul.

00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:04.320
 He was.

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:05.320
 He was.

00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:06.320
 Arrest.

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:07.320
 And then.

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:08.320
 Side by side.

00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:09.320
 With that.

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:10.320
 There was a.

00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:11.320
 There was this light.

00:43:11.320 --> 00:43:13.320
 This divine illumination.

00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:15.320
 This light shone.

00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:16.320
 Now immediately.

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:17.320
 I don't believe.

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:18.320
 That right away.

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:19.320
 That there was a.

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:20.320
 That immediately.

00:43:20.320 --> 00:43:23.320
 Saul came to immediate faith.

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:25.320
 In Jesus.

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:27.320
 But he was completely.

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:28.320
 Thrown.

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:30.320
 And the work had started.

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:31.320
 This.

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:33.320
 This light.

00:43:33.320 --> 00:43:35.320
 That blinded in.

00:43:35.320 --> 00:43:36.320
 On him.

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:37.320
 It's extraordinary.

00:43:37.320 --> 00:43:38.320
 How here's Saul.

00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:39.320
 Who was thundering down.

00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:40.320
 Into Damascus.

00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:41.320
 With fire.

00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:43.320
 Breathing fire.

00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:45.320
 He's actually led.

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:46.320
 Blind.

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:48.320
 By other people.

00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:49.320
 Into Damascus.

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:51.320
 Just shows what God can do.

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:52.320
 Just like that.

00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:54.320
 But God is at work.

00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:55.320
 In Saul.

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:56.320
 And he tells us again.

00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:57.320
 Of this light.

00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:58.320
 That there was this divine.

00:43:58.320 --> 00:43:59.320
 And.

00:43:59.320 --> 00:44:00.320
 In a way.

00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:01.320
 In a way.

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:02.320
 And I'm sure.

00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:03.320
 I'm sure the Christians.

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:04.320
 In Damascus.

00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:05.320
 When they heard the news.

00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:06.320
 They're coming down.

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:07.320
 To create havoc.

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:08.320
 To put us to death.

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:09.320
 To take us to prison.

00:44:09.320 --> 00:44:10.320
 To take us to prison.

00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:12.320
 They'd be praying.

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:13.320
 Chief.

00:44:13.320 --> 00:44:14.320
 Persecator Saul.

00:44:14.320 --> 00:44:16.320
 How are we going to be saved from him?

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:19.320
 And if they had looked.

00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:20.320
 At Saul.

00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:22.200
 is divine illumination.

00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:24.340
 As he says elsewhere,

00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:28.580
 God commanded light to shine out of darkness

00:44:28.580 --> 00:44:32.519
 and he has shone light into our hearts.

00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:34.980
 Just as at the very beginning when God said

00:44:34.980 --> 00:44:37.880
 into the darkness, let there be light.

00:44:38.640 --> 00:44:40.380
 So he continues to do so.

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:41.740
 Let there be light.

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:44.640
 And we need that light.

00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:48.760
 Because you know, when that light comes from the Lord,

00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:51.240
 all of a sudden things begin to make sense.

00:44:51.540 --> 00:44:54.040
 You might be sitting in church week in, week out.

00:44:54.620 --> 00:44:57.000
 And it's alright you come and it's great you come.

00:44:57.840 --> 00:45:00.020
 But there's a lot of things that just don't make sense.

00:45:00.120 --> 00:45:00.500
 And you're saying,

00:45:00.600 --> 00:45:03.760
 I wish I could just get the hold of this properly.

00:45:05.100 --> 00:45:06.960
 I'm figuring out quite a bit of it,

00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:10.320
 but I feel a lot just drifting by.

00:45:11.220 --> 00:45:13.020
 What you need is this light.

00:45:14.020 --> 00:45:15.920
 This illuminating light.

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:19.260
 where your mind is opened up.

00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:23.720
 Where everything begins to make perfect sense.

00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:25.119
 And you say,

00:45:25.200 --> 00:45:26.139
 Lord, now I see.

00:45:26.720 --> 00:45:28.180
 Yes, it's so clear.

00:45:28.820 --> 00:45:29.920
 It's so obvious.

00:45:31.220 --> 00:45:32.940
 Well, that's what happened with Saul.

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:35.200
 He had been in darkness.

00:45:35.760 --> 00:45:38.360
 A darkness that was satanic,

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:41.300
 but a darkness of the blindness of his own heart.

00:45:41.300 --> 00:45:42.880
 A blindness,

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:45.200
 and I don't believe for one moment

00:45:45.200 --> 00:45:49.660
 that Saul didn't have moments of doubt in his own mind.

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:52.120
 He had seen Stephen in his death.

00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:55.080
 He had heard testimonies from other Christians.

00:45:55.560 --> 00:45:56.380
 He was fighting.

00:45:56.480 --> 00:45:57.700
 He was an angry man.

00:45:58.240 --> 00:45:58.460
 Do you know,

00:45:58.519 --> 00:45:59.780
 some of the most angry men

00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:01.460
 and angry women

00:46:01.460 --> 00:46:04.760
 are because there's so much

00:46:04.760 --> 00:46:07.700
 that they're battling with within themselves.

00:46:07.699 --> 00:46:09.699
 Sometimes that anger spills out

00:46:09.699 --> 00:46:11.239
 because they're angry

00:46:11.239 --> 00:46:13.019
 at what's going on within themselves.

00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:14.559
 They want to believe one thing,

00:46:14.699 --> 00:46:17.819
 but there's something that's going against.

00:46:19.199 --> 00:46:21.279
 Well, anyway, this light came in.

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:24.039
 And the other thing that Paul tells us

00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:25.960
 that God's grace was in abundance.

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:28.439
 That's another thing that's happened.

00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:29.259
 God's grace.

00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:32.199
 And God's grace enables a person.

00:46:32.539 --> 00:46:34.819
 It's like the final part of the jigsaw.

00:46:34.820 --> 00:46:37.200
 So the most important part

00:46:37.200 --> 00:46:39.180
 is where the will is broken,

00:46:40.220 --> 00:46:42.720
 where we hand over to the Lord.

00:46:43.160 --> 00:46:44.420
 That's the hardest part.

00:46:45.160 --> 00:46:46.019
 If you're today here

00:46:46.019 --> 00:46:46.880
 and you're not a Christian,

00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:48.280
 that's the hard part, isn't it?

00:46:48.740 --> 00:46:49.420
 Giving up.

00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:52.320
 Because we want to be in control.

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:53.940
 We want to go where we want to go.

00:46:54.019 --> 00:46:55.559
 We want to do what we want to do.

00:46:55.660 --> 00:46:56.840
 We want to say what we want.

00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:58.380
 We want to be masters.

00:46:58.380 --> 00:47:00.340
 There's a control freak.

00:47:00.580 --> 00:47:01.559
 You hear the word?

00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:03.220
 He's a control freak.

00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:04.500
 She's a control freak.

00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:07.019
 We're all control freaks by nature.

00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:10.400
 We want to be in charge of our lives.

00:47:11.579 --> 00:47:13.260
 It's the hardest thing to give up.

00:47:13.820 --> 00:47:14.760
 But we have to.

00:47:15.539 --> 00:47:19.219
 For Christ to be ruler and master.

00:47:20.440 --> 00:47:21.739
 And Paul discovered that.

00:47:22.139 --> 00:47:23.119
 He had to let go.

00:47:23.820 --> 00:47:24.679
 He had to yield.

00:47:26.059 --> 00:47:28.619
 And that's what God's grace enables us to do.

00:47:28.880 --> 00:47:31.920
 To give up the last thing

00:47:31.920 --> 00:47:33.460
 that we want to give up.

00:47:34.159 --> 00:47:35.940
 And so we find this.

00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:37.840
 That this is a changed man.

00:47:38.480 --> 00:47:40.720
 And he's a man now on a different mission.

00:47:40.840 --> 00:47:42.199
 He was on a man on a mission before.

00:47:42.420 --> 00:47:43.320
 Going to have to race on

00:47:43.320 --> 00:47:45.119
 because the time is going.

00:47:45.240 --> 00:47:46.260
 We're just skipping on.

00:47:46.320 --> 00:47:47.940
 And then we find by God's grace

00:47:47.940 --> 00:47:48.980
 that Paul becomes,

00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:50.699
 names changed to Paul,

00:47:50.760 --> 00:47:51.860
 becomes his missionary.

00:47:52.659 --> 00:47:54.639
 And a great New Testament missionary.

00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:56.019
 He goes down into Philippi.

00:47:56.019 --> 00:47:59.400
 And we find there in chapter 16

00:47:59.400 --> 00:48:01.159
 that on the Sabbath day,

00:48:01.659 --> 00:48:03.280
 they make their way to the riverside

00:48:03.280 --> 00:48:06.460
 where there's a group of women praying.

00:48:06.599 --> 00:48:08.059
 It would appear that in Philippi,

00:48:08.199 --> 00:48:08.940
 there weren't enough.

00:48:09.360 --> 00:48:11.519
 Apparently, you had to have 10 men,

00:48:11.860 --> 00:48:12.679
 10 Jews.

00:48:13.239 --> 00:48:15.079
 You had to have a quorum of 10

00:48:15.079 --> 00:48:16.719
 to start a synagogue.

00:48:16.719 --> 00:48:18.219
 Well, it would look like

00:48:18.219 --> 00:48:20.339
 there wasn't sufficient.

00:48:21.500 --> 00:48:22.899
 There weren't 10,

00:48:23.219 --> 00:48:24.739
 sort of what you would say,

00:48:24.819 --> 00:48:26.599
 religious Jews there to start on.

00:48:26.679 --> 00:48:27.819
 So there was this meeting

00:48:27.819 --> 00:48:28.839
 by the riverside,

00:48:28.879 --> 00:48:30.119
 a woman who had come together.

00:48:30.719 --> 00:48:31.519
 And Paul went there

00:48:31.519 --> 00:48:32.500
 and he spoke to them

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:34.179
 and he shared the gospel.

00:48:34.179 --> 00:48:36.339
 And amongst the women there,

00:48:36.419 --> 00:48:38.259
 there was this lady, Lydia.

00:48:39.159 --> 00:48:43.440
 And she was from this place,

00:48:43.579 --> 00:48:44.239
 Thyatira.

00:48:45.039 --> 00:48:47.339
 And she was obviously doing very well.

00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:49.139
 Thyatira apparently was known

00:48:49.139 --> 00:48:50.839
 for its dyes,

00:48:51.259 --> 00:48:52.799
 for dyeing,

00:48:53.259 --> 00:48:54.440
 coloring different things.

00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:56.099
 And she was a seller of purple,

00:48:56.099 --> 00:49:00.259
 which was probably dyed in purple

00:49:00.259 --> 00:49:01.559
 and probably doing very well.

00:49:02.779 --> 00:49:03.440
 And it would appear

00:49:03.440 --> 00:49:05.000
 that she was a very sincere

00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:06.159
 and genuine woman,

00:49:06.460 --> 00:49:07.639
 a religious woman,

00:49:08.099 --> 00:49:09.539
 a woman who seemed to have

00:49:09.539 --> 00:49:10.559
 kind of embraced

00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:13.000
 the Jewish faith

00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:14.880
 and was a sincere

00:49:14.880 --> 00:49:17.139
 and genuine worshiper of God,

00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:20.139
 but didn't have Christ.

00:49:20.820 --> 00:49:22.220
 It was all on an outward.

00:49:22.360 --> 00:49:22.619
 And you know,

00:49:22.659 --> 00:49:24.039
 there's a lot of people like that.

00:49:24.940 --> 00:49:27.840
 There's a lot of religious people,

00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:29.420
 even within the Christian church.

00:49:29.800 --> 00:49:31.400
 But everything is outward.

00:49:31.400 --> 00:49:34.539
 And they believe in God

00:49:34.539 --> 00:49:36.599
 and they come to worship God

00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:38.780
 and their worship is sincere.

00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:41.500
 But you know,

00:49:42.420 --> 00:49:43.220
 it's not there.

00:49:43.500 --> 00:49:44.619
 It's not there yet.

00:49:44.760 --> 00:49:45.599
 It's not hard.

00:49:46.320 --> 00:49:48.000
 They've got to get beyond.

00:49:49.740 --> 00:49:51.099
 Well, that Lord's Day morning,

00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:52.940
 that's what happened with Lydia.

00:49:53.700 --> 00:49:54.800
 She was a good woman,

00:49:55.059 --> 00:49:56.079
 a sincere woman,

00:49:56.180 --> 00:49:57.240
 a genuine woman,

00:49:57.239 --> 00:49:59.559
 a woman who worshipped God

00:49:59.559 --> 00:50:00.519
 and served God

00:50:00.519 --> 00:50:01.819
 in her own way,

00:50:01.979 --> 00:50:05.539
 but her heart hadn't been changed.

00:50:05.659 --> 00:50:06.779
 Her heart hadn't been touched.

00:50:06.899 --> 00:50:07.639
 But that morning,

00:50:08.079 --> 00:50:09.899
 it tells us very simply,

00:50:10.739 --> 00:50:12.179
 the Lord opened her heart

00:50:12.179 --> 00:50:13.119
 to pay attention

00:50:13.119 --> 00:50:15.899
 to what was said by Paul.

00:50:16.799 --> 00:50:17.859
 How different.

00:50:18.699 --> 00:50:20.099
 No blinding light.

00:50:20.699 --> 00:50:22.039
 No voice from heaven.

00:50:22.039 --> 00:50:24.079
 It couldn't have been more different.

00:50:25.199 --> 00:50:26.559
 She's just sitting there

00:50:26.559 --> 00:50:28.360
 and she's listening

00:50:28.360 --> 00:50:30.340
 and as Paul speaks,

00:50:31.340 --> 00:50:33.199
 the Lord opens her heart

00:50:33.199 --> 00:50:34.699
 to receive the truth

00:50:34.699 --> 00:50:36.900
 and to accept Jesus.

00:50:37.719 --> 00:50:37.980
 You know,

00:50:38.059 --> 00:50:39.500
 maybe that's how it is for you.

00:50:40.059 --> 00:50:41.239
 Maybe as you look back

00:50:41.239 --> 00:50:42.219
 over your life,

00:50:42.659 --> 00:50:42.960
 you say,

00:50:43.039 --> 00:50:44.759
 I can't follow Paul.

00:50:45.300 --> 00:50:46.400
 No idea about that.

00:50:46.460 --> 00:50:47.159
 That's dramatic.

00:50:47.159 --> 00:50:48.960
 In fact,

00:50:49.460 --> 00:50:51.139
 it's so low key in my life,

00:50:51.239 --> 00:50:52.179
 sometimes I don't,

00:50:52.239 --> 00:50:53.119
 I can't tell you.

00:50:53.319 --> 00:50:55.259
 Can't tell you any day or hour

00:50:55.259 --> 00:50:57.099
 or can't even tell you what month.

00:50:58.859 --> 00:50:59.899
 All I know is

00:50:59.899 --> 00:51:01.099
 I was once blind,

00:51:01.379 --> 00:51:03.139
 but I now see

00:51:03.139 --> 00:51:04.539
 and I love the Lord.

00:51:05.279 --> 00:51:05.940
 There was a day

00:51:05.940 --> 00:51:07.440
 my worship was purely outward.

00:51:07.619 --> 00:51:08.319
 Now it's inward.

00:51:08.579 --> 00:51:09.460
 It's in my heart.

00:51:10.279 --> 00:51:10.799
 And I really,

00:51:10.879 --> 00:51:11.899
 I really love

00:51:11.899 --> 00:51:14.259
 coming to worship the Lord.

00:51:14.259 --> 00:51:14.679
 See,

00:51:14.879 --> 00:51:16.759
 that's a change

00:51:16.760 --> 00:51:17.220
 within.

00:51:17.960 --> 00:51:18.620
 And that's what happened

00:51:18.620 --> 00:51:19.120
 to Lydia.

00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:20.580
 And we see the result

00:51:20.580 --> 00:51:21.400
 of that change

00:51:21.400 --> 00:51:22.000
 in her heart

00:51:22.000 --> 00:51:24.060
 because she opens up

00:51:24.060 --> 00:51:25.200
 her home to Paul

00:51:25.200 --> 00:51:26.240
 and she says,

00:51:26.380 --> 00:51:26.660
 come on,

00:51:27.000 --> 00:51:28.100
 come to my house.

00:51:28.580 --> 00:51:28.880
 And you know,

00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:30.660
 that's what happens

00:51:30.660 --> 00:51:32.000
 when the Lord works

00:51:32.000 --> 00:51:33.020
 in a person's heart.

00:51:33.640 --> 00:51:35.140
 He opens more than the heart.

00:51:35.640 --> 00:51:36.360
 He opens them,

00:51:36.620 --> 00:51:37.640
 them out to serve,

00:51:37.760 --> 00:51:38.220
 to work,

00:51:38.360 --> 00:51:38.400
 to,

00:51:38.780 --> 00:51:39.800
 here I am Lord,

00:51:39.920 --> 00:51:40.520
 use me.

00:51:41.980 --> 00:51:43.140
 Now we're just skipping through

00:51:43.140 --> 00:51:44.640
 because the time is going.

00:51:45.640 --> 00:51:46.420
 And then we come

00:51:46.420 --> 00:51:47.000
 and again,

00:51:47.119 --> 00:51:48.880
 they're all familiar stories

00:51:48.880 --> 00:51:49.840
 but it's just showing

00:51:49.840 --> 00:51:50.720
 the difference

00:51:50.720 --> 00:51:52.280
 of how God works

00:51:52.280 --> 00:51:53.240
 with different people.

00:51:54.760 --> 00:51:56.000
 And we're familiar now

00:51:56.000 --> 00:51:57.019
 with the story here.

00:51:57.159 --> 00:51:58.579
 Paul is still in Philippi

00:51:58.579 --> 00:51:59.880
 and every day

00:51:59.880 --> 00:52:01.019
 as Paul and Silas

00:52:01.019 --> 00:52:01.680
 are going about,

00:52:01.800 --> 00:52:02.800
 there's this young woman

00:52:02.800 --> 00:52:04.700
 who's a fortune teller

00:52:04.700 --> 00:52:07.119
 and she's crying after them,

00:52:07.200 --> 00:52:08.460
 these men are the servants

00:52:08.460 --> 00:52:09.659
 of the Most High God.

00:52:09.720 --> 00:52:10.300
 And at the end,

00:52:10.420 --> 00:52:11.720
 Paul gets fed up of her

00:52:11.720 --> 00:52:12.880
 and he commands

00:52:12.880 --> 00:52:13.980
 the evil spirit

00:52:13.980 --> 00:52:14.860
 to come out of her.

00:52:15.380 --> 00:52:16.700
 The evil spirit comes out.

00:52:18.460 --> 00:52:19.160
 But the problem

00:52:19.160 --> 00:52:19.840
 for the men

00:52:19.840 --> 00:52:21.920
 who owned this girl

00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:23.260
 or not who owned

00:52:23.260 --> 00:52:24.460
 or exploiting her

00:52:24.460 --> 00:52:26.200
 was that the money,

00:52:26.340 --> 00:52:27.079
 the social money,

00:52:27.180 --> 00:52:28.680
 she was telling people's fortunes

00:52:28.680 --> 00:52:29.160
 for money

00:52:29.160 --> 00:52:30.180
 stopped.

00:52:30.720 --> 00:52:31.640
 Income was gone.

00:52:32.340 --> 00:52:33.500
 So they were incensed

00:52:33.500 --> 00:52:34.360
 and they dragged

00:52:34.360 --> 00:52:35.480
 Paul and Silas

00:52:35.480 --> 00:52:36.140
 to the rulers

00:52:36.140 --> 00:52:36.539
 and said,

00:52:36.619 --> 00:52:36.760
 look,

00:52:37.220 --> 00:52:37.880
 these men,

00:52:37.880 --> 00:52:39.119
 and they came in

00:52:39.119 --> 00:52:40.720
 using the racist stuff.

00:52:41.619 --> 00:52:42.980
 These men are Jews.

00:52:43.099 --> 00:52:43.820
 We're Romans.

00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:44.680
 And they've come in

00:52:44.680 --> 00:52:45.280
 and they've started

00:52:45.280 --> 00:52:46.420
 teaching us things

00:52:46.420 --> 00:52:48.000
 that are not lawful.

00:52:49.760 --> 00:52:50.880
 Now the thing is,

00:52:51.579 --> 00:52:52.420
 Paul and Silas

00:52:52.420 --> 00:52:53.880
 were actually Roman citizens

00:52:53.880 --> 00:52:56.000
 and had all the protection

00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:57.300
 that that brought.

00:52:58.539 --> 00:52:59.240
 And they couldn't,

00:52:59.320 --> 00:53:00.119
 what happened to them

00:53:00.119 --> 00:53:01.180
 couldn't have happened,

00:53:01.780 --> 00:53:02.300
 wouldn't have been

00:53:02.300 --> 00:53:03.300
 allowed to happen

00:53:03.300 --> 00:53:06.000
 had the authorities known.

00:53:06.320 --> 00:53:07.260
 That's why the authorities

00:53:07.260 --> 00:53:08.680
 afterwards are petrified

00:53:08.680 --> 00:53:09.820
 when they discover

00:53:09.820 --> 00:53:10.920
 that Paul and Silas

00:53:10.920 --> 00:53:11.900
 are Roman citizens.

00:53:12.920 --> 00:53:13.460
 But anyway,

00:53:14.020 --> 00:53:15.540
 without any inquiries,

00:53:15.640 --> 00:53:15.920
 whatever,

00:53:16.060 --> 00:53:16.600
 they get them

00:53:16.600 --> 00:53:17.540
 and they give them

00:53:17.540 --> 00:53:18.920
 a horrendous flogging.

00:53:19.860 --> 00:53:20.480
 And they put them

00:53:20.480 --> 00:53:21.160
 to the prisoner

00:53:21.160 --> 00:53:21.680
 and said,

00:53:21.840 --> 00:53:22.840
 put these men

00:53:22.840 --> 00:53:24.280
 into the maximum

00:53:24.280 --> 00:53:25.300
 security wing

00:53:25.300 --> 00:53:26.060
 of the prison.

00:53:26.140 --> 00:53:26.820
 That's what he does

00:53:26.820 --> 00:53:27.820
 into the inner prison

00:53:27.820 --> 00:53:29.420
 and sticks their feet

00:53:29.420 --> 00:53:30.700
 into the stocks.

00:53:32.560 --> 00:53:33.120
 And you know,

00:53:33.460 --> 00:53:34.100
 it's wonderful

00:53:34.100 --> 00:53:34.700
 the attitude

00:53:34.700 --> 00:53:35.960
 of Paul and Silas.

00:53:35.960 --> 00:53:38.119
 when you put yourself

00:53:38.119 --> 00:53:39.240
 in their situation,

00:53:39.860 --> 00:53:40.679
 there you are

00:53:40.679 --> 00:53:42.019
 and your feet

00:53:42.019 --> 00:53:42.800
 clumped

00:53:42.800 --> 00:53:44.300
 in these awful things.

00:53:45.139 --> 00:53:45.880
 Your back

00:53:45.880 --> 00:53:47.119
 is pouring blood

00:53:47.119 --> 00:53:48.420
 where you've been

00:53:48.420 --> 00:53:50.079
 beaten horrendously

00:53:50.079 --> 00:53:52.019
 and your limbs

00:53:52.019 --> 00:53:52.500
 are sore,

00:53:52.639 --> 00:53:53.760
 everything is aching.

00:53:54.980 --> 00:53:55.500
 I'm sure

00:53:55.500 --> 00:53:56.220
 if it was me,

00:53:56.280 --> 00:53:56.740
 I'd be saying,

00:53:56.840 --> 00:53:57.000
 Lord,

00:53:57.119 --> 00:53:58.199
 what on earth?

00:53:58.840 --> 00:53:59.320
 Why,

00:53:59.559 --> 00:53:59.840
 Lord?

00:54:00.800 --> 00:54:01.659
 I'm only trying

00:54:01.659 --> 00:54:02.500
 to serve you.

00:54:02.500 --> 00:54:04.119
 I came here

00:54:04.119 --> 00:54:04.900
 because I believe

00:54:04.900 --> 00:54:05.440
 this is where

00:54:05.440 --> 00:54:06.679
 you were pointing me to.

00:54:08.360 --> 00:54:09.440
 And that's exactly

00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:10.019
 where the Lord

00:54:10.019 --> 00:54:11.179
 was pointing him to,

00:54:11.420 --> 00:54:12.380
 pointing Paul to.

00:54:13.320 --> 00:54:13.980
 But you see,

00:54:14.539 --> 00:54:16.300
 we always only see

00:54:16.300 --> 00:54:17.079
 what's happening

00:54:17.079 --> 00:54:17.900
 to ourselves

00:54:17.900 --> 00:54:19.000
 right in front of us.

00:54:19.179 --> 00:54:19.860
 We don't see

00:54:19.860 --> 00:54:20.659
 the big picture.

00:54:21.199 --> 00:54:21.500
 You see,

00:54:21.559 --> 00:54:22.179
 there was somebody

00:54:22.179 --> 00:54:22.980
 in that prison

00:54:22.980 --> 00:54:23.840
 that needed

00:54:23.840 --> 00:54:24.579
 to be converted.

00:54:26.139 --> 00:54:26.860
 And so Paul

00:54:26.860 --> 00:54:27.480
 and Silas

00:54:27.480 --> 00:54:28.199
 have to get into

00:54:28.199 --> 00:54:28.800
 that prison

00:54:28.800 --> 00:54:30.039
 to be used

00:54:30.039 --> 00:54:30.639
 by the Lord

00:54:30.639 --> 00:54:31.579
 for that conversion.

00:54:32.440 --> 00:54:33.079
 So we've always

00:54:33.079 --> 00:54:33.619
 got to remember

00:54:33.619 --> 00:54:34.159
 the picture

00:54:34.159 --> 00:54:35.299
 is always bigger

00:54:35.299 --> 00:54:36.039
 than ourselves.

00:54:36.719 --> 00:54:37.679
 And it's a lesson

00:54:37.679 --> 00:54:38.759
 that we have to learn

00:54:38.759 --> 00:54:39.920
 over and over again.

00:54:41.359 --> 00:54:41.879
 So there,

00:54:42.460 --> 00:54:43.199
 in the prison,

00:54:43.819 --> 00:54:44.679
 we find that

00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:45.799
 Paul and Silas,

00:54:46.379 --> 00:54:47.019
 they're actually

00:54:47.019 --> 00:54:48.000
 praising God.

00:54:48.819 --> 00:54:49.619
 They're praying

00:54:49.619 --> 00:54:50.519
 and praising God.

00:54:50.599 --> 00:54:51.359
 And it tells us

00:54:51.359 --> 00:54:52.379
 that the prisoners

00:54:52.379 --> 00:54:52.980
 heard them.

00:54:54.139 --> 00:54:55.039
 What a testimony.

00:54:55.519 --> 00:54:56.359
 What a testimony.

00:54:57.699 --> 00:54:58.319
 And we read,

00:54:58.440 --> 00:54:58.699
 of course,

00:54:58.759 --> 00:54:59.579
 of how the earthquake

00:54:59.579 --> 00:55:00.199
 came,

00:55:00.199 --> 00:55:01.579
 of how the prison

00:55:01.579 --> 00:55:02.519
 doors were flung

00:55:02.519 --> 00:55:03.359
 open and everything.

00:55:05.099 --> 00:55:05.739
 And a prison

00:55:05.739 --> 00:55:06.259
 officer,

00:55:06.480 --> 00:55:07.460
 the jailer,

00:55:07.500 --> 00:55:08.099
 was going to kill

00:55:08.099 --> 00:55:08.719
 himself because

00:55:08.719 --> 00:55:09.739
 he knew the punishment.

00:55:10.419 --> 00:55:11.379
 If you were

00:55:11.379 --> 00:55:12.259
 a prison officer

00:55:12.259 --> 00:55:13.500
 and a prisoner

00:55:13.500 --> 00:55:14.099
 escaped,

00:55:14.480 --> 00:55:15.339
 you were put to death.

00:55:15.460 --> 00:55:16.319
 That was the rules.

00:55:17.219 --> 00:55:17.899
 So he knew

00:55:17.899 --> 00:55:18.960
 prison doors opened,

00:55:19.059 --> 00:55:19.859
 they'll all be away,

00:55:19.980 --> 00:55:21.019
 I'm a dead man walking.

00:55:22.159 --> 00:55:22.859
 But there was

00:55:22.859 --> 00:55:23.719
 more than that.

00:55:24.919 --> 00:55:25.759
 The man was

00:55:25.759 --> 00:55:26.699
 utterly disturbed

00:55:26.699 --> 00:55:28.139
 because Paul

00:55:28.139 --> 00:55:28.799
 cried out

00:55:28.800 --> 00:55:29.120
 and he says,

00:55:29.200 --> 00:55:29.840
 don't do any

00:55:29.840 --> 00:55:30.580
 harm to yourself.

00:55:30.900 --> 00:55:32.140
 We're all here.

00:55:33.900 --> 00:55:34.140
 You know,

00:55:34.680 --> 00:55:35.800
 this shouldn't

00:55:35.800 --> 00:55:36.140
 happen.

00:55:37.720 --> 00:55:38.160
 And the man

00:55:38.160 --> 00:55:39.519
 all of a sudden,

00:55:39.760 --> 00:55:40.380
 you've got to remember

00:55:40.380 --> 00:55:41.500
 that this man here

00:55:41.500 --> 00:55:42.780
 would be one of the

00:55:42.780 --> 00:55:43.720
 most brutal guys

00:55:43.720 --> 00:55:44.380
 that you could meet.

00:55:44.960 --> 00:55:46.200
 He'd be a hard man

00:55:46.200 --> 00:55:47.019
 with no feeling.

00:55:47.700 --> 00:55:48.920
 He was used to

00:55:48.920 --> 00:55:50.039
 every kind of

00:55:50.039 --> 00:55:50.500
 torture,

00:55:51.060 --> 00:55:51.920
 every kind of

00:55:51.920 --> 00:55:52.280
 pain.

00:55:52.500 --> 00:55:53.960
 He afflicted people

00:55:53.960 --> 00:55:54.860
 with no thought

00:55:54.860 --> 00:55:55.380
 or care.

00:55:55.380 --> 00:55:57.420
 but all of a sudden

00:55:57.420 --> 00:55:58.260
 he's a trembling

00:55:58.260 --> 00:55:58.740
 wreck

00:55:58.740 --> 00:56:01.059
 because God

00:56:01.059 --> 00:56:01.680
 has come into

00:56:01.680 --> 00:56:02.220
 the picture.

00:56:03.579 --> 00:56:04.360
 And this man's

00:56:04.360 --> 00:56:04.860
 conscience

00:56:04.860 --> 00:56:06.000
 all of a sudden

00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:06.840
 is troubled.

00:56:08.019 --> 00:56:08.280
 You know,

00:56:08.420 --> 00:56:09.160
 God gave us

00:56:09.160 --> 00:56:09.840
 a conscience

00:56:09.840 --> 00:56:11.680
 and a sensitive

00:56:11.680 --> 00:56:12.360
 conscience

00:56:12.360 --> 00:56:13.300
 is a wonderful

00:56:13.300 --> 00:56:13.780
 thing.

00:56:15.140 --> 00:56:16.000
 Far too often

00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:16.780
 consciences,

00:56:17.420 --> 00:56:18.140
 our conscience

00:56:18.140 --> 00:56:18.840
 can become

00:56:18.840 --> 00:56:19.440
 deadened

00:56:19.440 --> 00:56:20.920
 so that

00:56:20.920 --> 00:56:21.960
 so many people

00:56:21.960 --> 00:56:22.500
 walking around

00:56:22.500 --> 00:56:23.160
 their conscience

00:56:23.160 --> 00:56:23.740
 is dead.

00:56:23.739 --> 00:56:25.299
 all of a sudden

00:56:25.299 --> 00:56:26.000
 this man's

00:56:26.000 --> 00:56:26.479
 conscience

00:56:26.479 --> 00:56:27.079
 is troubled.

00:56:28.219 --> 00:56:29.079
 And all of a sudden

00:56:29.079 --> 00:56:30.139
 everything is thrown

00:56:30.139 --> 00:56:31.139
 upside down.

00:56:31.919 --> 00:56:32.899
 And he realizes

00:56:32.899 --> 00:56:34.099
 I'm in a terrible

00:56:34.099 --> 00:56:34.739
 situation.

00:56:34.859 --> 00:56:35.500
 Here's this man

00:56:35.500 --> 00:56:36.099
 who didn't fear

00:56:36.099 --> 00:56:36.879
 God or man.

00:56:37.219 --> 00:56:38.059
 All of a sudden

00:56:38.059 --> 00:56:39.039
 he fears God

00:56:39.039 --> 00:56:39.699
 in a way that

00:56:39.699 --> 00:56:40.599
 he didn't know

00:56:40.599 --> 00:56:41.239
 was possible.

00:56:41.379 --> 00:56:42.159
 And he cries out

00:56:42.159 --> 00:56:43.339
 what must I do

00:56:43.339 --> 00:56:44.119
 to be saved?

00:56:45.159 --> 00:56:45.679
 And we know

00:56:45.679 --> 00:56:46.339
 very simply

00:56:46.339 --> 00:56:46.919
 the answer.

00:56:47.119 --> 00:56:47.599
 Believe

00:56:47.599 --> 00:56:49.379
 in the Lord Jesus

00:56:49.379 --> 00:56:50.799
 and you will be saved.

00:56:51.759 --> 00:56:52.759
 What does that mean?

00:56:52.760 --> 00:56:54.220
 It means

00:56:54.220 --> 00:56:55.320
 believe in your

00:56:55.320 --> 00:56:57.240
 believe in your

00:56:57.240 --> 00:56:57.760
 mind.

00:56:59.140 --> 00:57:00.100
 Believe everything

00:57:00.100 --> 00:57:01.120
 that the word of God

00:57:01.120 --> 00:57:01.920
 tells you

00:57:01.920 --> 00:57:03.140
 about Jesus.

00:57:03.800 --> 00:57:04.640
 That's important.

00:57:05.460 --> 00:57:06.100
 You believe

00:57:06.100 --> 00:57:06.760
 everything

00:57:06.760 --> 00:57:07.960
 the word of God

00:57:07.960 --> 00:57:08.420
 tells you.

00:57:08.520 --> 00:57:09.280
 That's not enough.

00:57:09.600 --> 00:57:10.140
 It's important

00:57:10.140 --> 00:57:10.880
 to have it in your

00:57:10.880 --> 00:57:11.280
 mind

00:57:11.280 --> 00:57:12.400
 but it needs

00:57:12.400 --> 00:57:13.040
 to go deeper.

00:57:14.160 --> 00:57:14.760
 You need

00:57:14.760 --> 00:57:16.200
 to believe

00:57:16.200 --> 00:57:17.140
 in your heart.

00:57:18.540 --> 00:57:19.040
 That's where

00:57:19.040 --> 00:57:19.700
 you need the Lord

00:57:19.700 --> 00:57:20.340
 and you have to say

00:57:20.340 --> 00:57:20.740
 to the Lord

00:57:20.740 --> 00:57:21.440
 Lord help me

00:57:21.440 --> 00:57:22.059
 to believe.

00:57:23.099 --> 00:57:24.420
 I want to believe.

00:57:25.380 --> 00:57:25.940
 I believe

00:57:25.940 --> 00:57:26.400
 there might be

00:57:26.400 --> 00:57:27.220
 people here today

00:57:27.220 --> 00:57:28.519
 and that's exactly

00:57:28.519 --> 00:57:29.099
 where you are

00:57:29.099 --> 00:57:29.400
 and you say

00:57:29.400 --> 00:57:30.119
 I want to believe

00:57:30.119 --> 00:57:30.900
 but I'm stuck.

00:57:32.920 --> 00:57:33.700
 When you ask

00:57:33.700 --> 00:57:34.079
 the Lord

00:57:34.079 --> 00:57:34.420
 Lord

00:57:34.420 --> 00:57:35.880
 right now

00:57:35.880 --> 00:57:36.900
 open my heart

00:57:36.900 --> 00:57:38.340
 to believe

00:57:38.340 --> 00:57:38.780
 in you

00:57:38.780 --> 00:57:40.360
 and break

00:57:40.360 --> 00:57:41.079
 my will

00:57:41.079 --> 00:57:42.220
 in order

00:57:42.220 --> 00:57:43.280
 to receive you.

00:57:44.659 --> 00:57:44.960
 And you know

00:57:44.960 --> 00:57:45.559
 if you really

00:57:45.559 --> 00:57:46.200
 pray with

00:57:46.200 --> 00:57:47.519
 all your heart

00:57:47.519 --> 00:57:48.700
 that's what

00:57:48.700 --> 00:57:49.440
 you really want

00:57:49.440 --> 00:57:49.880
 the Lord

00:57:49.880 --> 00:57:50.559
 will answer

00:57:50.559 --> 00:57:51.239
 your prayer.

00:57:51.739 --> 00:57:52.320
 That's the kind

00:57:52.320 --> 00:57:52.739
 of prayer

00:57:52.739 --> 00:57:53.659
 he will answer.

00:57:54.980 --> 00:57:55.400
 And you ask

00:57:55.400 --> 00:57:55.840
 the Lord

00:57:55.840 --> 00:57:56.119
 that

00:57:56.119 --> 00:57:58.039
 he will come

00:57:58.039 --> 00:57:58.380
 in

00:57:58.380 --> 00:57:59.659
 and once

00:57:59.659 --> 00:58:00.000
 the Lord

00:58:00.000 --> 00:58:00.699
 comes in

00:58:00.699 --> 00:58:01.900
 he will do

00:58:01.900 --> 00:58:02.360
 you good.

00:58:03.199 --> 00:58:03.579
 And you might

00:58:03.579 --> 00:58:04.079
 be saying to

00:58:04.079 --> 00:58:04.360
 yourself

00:58:04.360 --> 00:58:06.000
 think of all

00:58:06.000 --> 00:58:06.440
 the things

00:58:06.440 --> 00:58:06.880
 I've done

00:58:06.880 --> 00:58:07.380
 in life

00:58:07.380 --> 00:58:08.239
 and the kind

00:58:08.239 --> 00:58:08.659
 of person

00:58:08.659 --> 00:58:09.099
 I am

00:58:09.099 --> 00:58:09.619
 and will

00:58:09.619 --> 00:58:10.019
 the Lord

00:58:10.019 --> 00:58:10.559
 take me?

00:58:10.619 --> 00:58:10.940
 Of course

00:58:10.940 --> 00:58:11.340
 he will.

00:58:12.440 --> 00:58:12.880
 We've just

00:58:12.880 --> 00:58:13.279
 looked at

00:58:13.279 --> 00:58:13.940
 three people

00:58:13.940 --> 00:58:14.440
 they couldn't

00:58:14.440 --> 00:58:14.820
 be more

00:58:14.820 --> 00:58:15.279
 different.

00:58:15.280 --> 00:58:18.519
 the ferocious

00:58:18.519 --> 00:58:19.460
 persecutor

00:58:19.460 --> 00:58:21.700
 the nice

00:58:21.700 --> 00:58:22.440
 religious

00:58:22.440 --> 00:58:22.920
 woman

00:58:22.920 --> 00:58:24.660
 and the

00:58:24.660 --> 00:58:25.519
 hard-hearted

00:58:25.519 --> 00:58:26.140
 jailer

00:58:26.140 --> 00:58:27.720
 all their

00:58:27.720 --> 00:58:28.420
 experiences

00:58:28.420 --> 00:58:29.120
 are different

00:58:29.120 --> 00:58:30.560
 but they all

00:58:30.560 --> 00:58:31.360
 found faith

00:58:31.360 --> 00:58:32.019
 they all came

00:58:32.019 --> 00:58:32.519
 to believe

00:58:32.519 --> 00:58:33.260
 in Jesus.

00:58:34.460 --> 00:58:34.720
 So what

00:58:34.720 --> 00:58:35.220
 about you?

00:58:36.440 --> 00:58:37.060
 Well today

00:58:37.060 --> 00:58:38.200
 is another

00:58:38.200 --> 00:58:38.940
 opportunity

00:58:38.940 --> 00:58:40.460
 for you

00:58:40.460 --> 00:58:41.100
 to believe.

00:58:41.460 --> 00:58:42.060
 Let's pray.

00:58:42.059 --> 00:58:43.480
 Lord we

00:58:43.480 --> 00:58:44.719
 we give

00:58:44.719 --> 00:58:45.519
 thanks for

00:58:45.519 --> 00:58:46.480
 how varied

00:58:46.480 --> 00:58:48.019
 the ways

00:58:48.019 --> 00:58:48.960
 of experiences

00:58:48.960 --> 00:58:49.659
 are in

00:58:49.659 --> 00:58:50.039
 people

00:58:50.039 --> 00:58:51.259
 and yet

00:58:51.259 --> 00:58:51.759
 at the end

00:58:51.759 --> 00:58:52.199
 of the day

00:58:52.199 --> 00:58:52.579
 there is

00:58:52.579 --> 00:58:53.179
 only one

00:58:53.179 --> 00:58:53.579
 way

00:58:53.579 --> 00:58:54.739
 where we

00:58:54.739 --> 00:58:55.199
 come to

00:58:55.199 --> 00:58:55.579
 believe

00:58:55.579 --> 00:58:55.960
 and to

00:58:55.960 --> 00:58:56.440
 accept

00:58:56.440 --> 00:58:56.940
 Jesus

00:58:56.940 --> 00:58:57.659
 as Lord

00:58:57.659 --> 00:58:58.400
 and Saviour.

00:58:59.400 --> 00:58:59.880
 And so we

00:58:59.880 --> 00:59:00.559
 pray Lord

00:59:00.559 --> 00:59:01.279
 that you

00:59:01.279 --> 00:59:02.579
 will open

00:59:02.579 --> 00:59:03.360
 any eyes

00:59:03.360 --> 00:59:04.019
 that so

00:59:04.019 --> 00:59:04.880
 far have

00:59:04.880 --> 00:59:05.539
 not seen

00:59:05.539 --> 00:59:07.019
 open any

00:59:07.019 --> 00:59:07.759
 ears that

00:59:07.759 --> 00:59:08.420
 so far

00:59:08.420 --> 00:59:08.860
 have not

00:59:08.860 --> 00:59:09.360
 heard

00:59:09.360 --> 00:59:10.360
 so that

00:59:10.360 --> 00:59:10.639
 they will

00:59:10.639 --> 00:59:11.119
 see

00:59:11.119 --> 00:59:12.339
 and hear

00:59:12.339 --> 00:59:13.039
 and believe.

00:59:13.759 --> 00:59:14.219
 We pray

00:59:14.219 --> 00:59:14.559
 that you

00:59:14.559 --> 00:59:15.079
 will bless

00:59:15.079 --> 00:59:15.319
 us.

00:59:15.480 --> 00:59:15.779
 Take us

00:59:15.779 --> 00:59:16.599
 home safely.

00:59:17.159 --> 00:59:17.739
 Watch over

00:59:17.739 --> 00:59:18.420
 us and keep

00:59:18.420 --> 00:59:19.099
 us and guide

00:59:19.099 --> 00:59:19.779
 us day by

00:59:19.779 --> 00:59:20.079
 day.

00:59:20.679 --> 00:59:21.159
 Forgive us

00:59:21.159 --> 00:59:21.579
 our every

00:59:21.579 --> 00:59:22.099
 sin in

00:59:22.099 --> 00:59:22.799
 Jesus name.

00:59:23.039 --> 00:59:23.339
 Amen.

00:59:25.000 --> 00:59:25.679
 We're going

00:59:25.679 --> 00:59:26.159
 to conclude

00:59:26.159 --> 00:59:26.859
 singings from

00:59:26.859 --> 00:59:28.859
 Psalm 146

00:59:28.859 --> 00:59:34.199
 in the

00:59:34.199 --> 00:59:34.519
 Scottish

00:59:34.519 --> 00:59:35.119
 Psalter

00:59:35.119 --> 00:59:35.859
 from

00:59:35.859 --> 00:59:36.599
 verse 7

00:59:36.599 --> 00:59:37.000
 to the

00:59:37.000 --> 00:59:37.380
 end.

00:59:37.380 --> 00:59:42.420
 Psalm 146

00:59:42.420 --> 00:59:43.280
 from

00:59:43.280 --> 00:59:44.039
 verse 7

00:59:44.039 --> 00:59:44.420
 to the

00:59:44.420 --> 00:59:44.820
 end.

00:59:46.019 --> 00:59:46.660
 Who

00:59:46.660 --> 00:59:47.280
 righteous

00:59:47.280 --> 00:59:47.880
 judgment

00:59:47.880 --> 00:59:48.660
 executes

00:59:48.660 --> 00:59:49.280
 for those

00:59:49.280 --> 00:59:50.000
 oppressed

00:59:50.000 --> 00:59:50.519
 that be?

00:59:51.140 --> 00:59:51.460
 Who to

00:59:51.460 --> 00:59:52.019
 the hungry

00:59:52.019 --> 00:59:52.480
 giveth

00:59:52.480 --> 00:59:52.820
 food?

00:59:52.940 --> 00:59:53.220
 God

00:59:53.220 --> 00:59:53.860
 sets the

00:59:53.860 --> 00:59:54.260
 prisoners

00:59:54.260 --> 00:59:54.680
 free.

00:59:55.380 --> 00:59:55.599
 The

00:59:55.599 --> 00:59:55.860
 Lord

00:59:55.860 --> 00:59:56.019
 hath

00:59:56.019 --> 00:59:56.200
 given

00:59:56.200 --> 00:59:56.360
 the

00:59:56.360 --> 00:59:56.780
 blind

00:59:56.780 --> 00:59:57.059
 their

00:59:57.059 --> 00:59:57.400
 sight,

00:59:57.500 --> 00:59:57.640
 the

00:59:57.640 --> 00:59:57.960
 bowed

00:59:57.960 --> 00:59:58.240
 down

00:59:58.240 --> 00:59:58.460
 doth

00:59:58.460 --> 00:59:58.920
 raise.

00:59:59.519 --> 00:59:59.720
 The

00:59:59.720 --> 01:00:00.000
 Lord

01:00:00.000 --> 01:00:00.220
 doth

01:00:00.220 --> 01:00:00.740
 dearly

01:00:00.740 --> 01:00:01.099
 love

01:00:01.099 --> 01:00:01.380
 all

01:00:01.380 --> 01:00:01.780
 those

01:00:01.780 --> 01:00:02.000
 that

01:00:02.000 --> 01:00:02.340
 walk

01:00:02.340 --> 01:00:02.480
 in

01:00:02.480 --> 01:00:02.760
 upright

01:00:02.760 --> 01:00:03.340
 ways.

01:00:04.180 --> 01:00:04.320
 The

01:00:04.320 --> 01:00:04.760
 stranger

01:00:04.760 --> 01:00:05.280
 shield,

01:00:05.440 --> 01:00:05.539
 the

01:00:05.539 --> 01:00:05.940
 widow's

01:00:05.940 --> 01:00:06.180
 stay,

01:00:06.179 --> 01:00:06.440
 the

01:00:06.440 --> 01:00:06.960
 orphan's

01:00:06.960 --> 01:00:07.259
 help

01:00:07.259 --> 01:00:07.679
 is he,

01:00:08.259 --> 01:00:08.759
 but yet

01:00:08.759 --> 01:00:09.419
 by him

01:00:09.419 --> 01:00:09.679
 the

01:00:09.679 --> 01:00:10.099
 wicked's

01:00:10.099 --> 01:00:10.759
 way turned

01:00:10.759 --> 01:00:11.139
 upside

01:00:11.139 --> 01:00:11.699
 down

01:00:11.699 --> 01:00:12.099
 shall

01:00:12.099 --> 01:00:12.399
 be.

01:00:13.139 --> 01:00:13.339
 The

01:00:13.339 --> 01:00:13.559
 Lord

01:00:13.559 --> 01:00:13.859
 shall

01:00:13.859 --> 01:00:14.279
 reign

01:00:14.279 --> 01:00:15.219
 forevermore.

01:00:15.460 --> 01:00:15.639
 Thy

01:00:15.639 --> 01:00:16.099
 God,

01:00:16.199 --> 01:00:16.359
 O

01:00:16.359 --> 01:00:16.659
 Zion,

01:00:16.819 --> 01:00:17.059
 he

01:00:17.059 --> 01:00:18.139
 reigns

01:00:18.139 --> 01:00:18.279
 to

01:00:18.279 --> 01:00:18.539
 all

01:00:18.539 --> 01:00:19.219
 generations.

01:00:19.579 --> 01:00:19.859
 Praise

01:00:19.859 --> 01:00:20.219
 to the

01:00:20.219 --> 01:00:20.559
 Lord

01:00:20.559 --> 01:00:21.199
 give

01:00:21.199 --> 01:00:21.440
 ye.

01:00:21.739 --> 01:00:21.980
 Psalm

01:00:21.980 --> 01:00:22.779
 146

01:00:22.779 --> 01:00:23.000
 from

01:00:23.000 --> 01:00:23.279
 verse

01:00:23.279 --> 01:00:23.679
 7

01:00:23.679 --> 01:00:24.259
 to

01:00:24.259 --> 01:00:24.419
 the

01:00:24.419 --> 01:00:24.719
 end.

01:00:24.839 --> 01:00:24.919
 Who

01:00:24.919 --> 01:00:25.539
 righteous

01:00:25.539 --> 01:00:26.279
 judgment

01:00:26.279 --> 01:00:27.159
 executes.

01:00:27.159 --> 01:00:41.359
 for

01:00:41.359 --> 01:00:43.759
 those

01:00:43.759 --> 01:00:45.960
 oppressed

01:00:45.960 --> 01:00:46.859
 that

01:00:46.859 --> 01:00:48.039
 be,

01:00:48.579 --> 01:00:49.420
 who

01:00:49.420 --> 01:00:50.500
 do

01:00:50.500 --> 01:00:51.839
 the

01:00:51.839 --> 01:00:53.500
 hungry

01:00:53.500 --> 01:00:56.420
 giveth

01:00:56.420 --> 01:00:57.400
 food,

01:00:57.800 --> 01:00:58.659
 God

01:00:58.659 --> 01:01:00.139
 sets

01:01:00.139 --> 01:01:01.000
 the

01:01:01.000 --> 01:01:02.820
 prisoners

01:01:02.820 --> 01:01:04.199
 free.

01:01:05.800 --> 01:01:06.460
 The

01:01:06.460 --> 01:01:08.079
 Lord

01:01:08.079 --> 01:01:09.099
 doth

01:01:09.099 --> 01:01:10.199
 give

01:01:10.199 --> 01:01:11.460
 the

01:01:11.460 --> 01:01:12.920
 blind

01:01:12.920 --> 01:01:13.780
 their

01:01:13.780 --> 01:01:15.039
 sight,

01:01:15.539 --> 01:01:16.340
 the

01:01:16.340 --> 01:01:18.079
 pardon

01:01:18.079 --> 01:01:19.880
 of

01:01:19.880 --> 01:01:20.980
 the

01:01:20.980 --> 01:01:21.500
 praise,

01:01:21.500 --> 01:01:23.500
 the

01:01:23.500 --> 01:01:25.300
 Lord

01:01:25.300 --> 01:01:26.179
 doth

01:01:26.179 --> 01:01:27.500
 dearly

01:01:27.500 --> 01:01:28.500
 love

01:01:28.500 --> 01:01:30.500
 all

01:01:30.500 --> 01:01:31.920
 those

01:01:31.920 --> 01:01:32.500
 that

01:01:33.179 --> 01:01:34.619
 walk

01:01:34.619 --> 01:01:35.559
 in

01:01:35.559 --> 01:01:36.500
 upright

01:01:36.500 --> 01:01:38.500
 ways.

01:01:40.500 --> 01:01:41.000
 The

01:01:41.000 --> 01:01:42.500
 strangers

01:01:43.079 --> 01:01:44.500
 shield,

01:01:45.360 --> 01:01:46.199
 the

01:01:46.199 --> 01:01:47.500
 widows

01:01:48.500 --> 01:01:49.579
 save,

01:01:50.059 --> 01:01:50.500
 the

01:01:50.500 --> 01:01:52.500
 or

01:01:52.500 --> 01:01:53.500
 open

01:01:53.500 --> 01:01:54.500
 hell

01:01:54.500 --> 01:01:55.460
 is

01:01:55.460 --> 01:01:56.500
 he,

01:01:57.260 --> 01:01:57.500
 but

01:01:58.239 --> 01:01:58.500
 yet

01:01:59.619 --> 01:02:00.500
 by

01:02:00.500 --> 01:02:01.579
 him

01:02:01.579 --> 01:02:02.500
 the

01:02:02.500 --> 01:02:03.500
 way

01:02:03.500 --> 01:02:04.500
 is

01:02:05.079 --> 01:02:05.500
 way,

01:02:06.500 --> 01:02:07.500
 turned

01:02:07.500 --> 01:02:08.500
 up,

01:02:08.500 --> 01:02:09.500
 side

01:02:09.500 --> 01:02:10.500
 down

01:02:10.500 --> 01:02:11.500
 shall

01:02:11.500 --> 01:02:12.500
 be.

01:02:14.500 --> 01:02:15.500
 The

01:02:15.500 --> 01:02:16.500
 Lord

01:02:16.500 --> 01:02:17.500
 shall

01:02:17.500 --> 01:02:18.500
 reign

01:02:18.500 --> 01:02:20.500
 forever

01:02:20.500 --> 01:02:22.500
 more

01:02:22.500 --> 01:02:24.500
 like

01:02:24.500 --> 01:02:25.500
 God

01:02:25.500 --> 01:02:26.500
 who

01:02:26.500 --> 01:02:27.500
 died

01:02:27.500 --> 01:02:28.500
 on

01:02:28.500 --> 01:02:30.500
 thee.

01:02:30.500 --> 01:02:31.500
 Praise

01:02:31.500 --> 01:02:32.500
 to

01:02:32.500 --> 01:02:33.500
 all

01:02:33.500 --> 01:02:35.500
 generations,

01:02:35.500 --> 01:02:36.500
 praise

01:02:36.500 --> 01:02:37.500
 to the

01:02:37.500 --> 01:02:41.500
 Lord

01:02:41.500 --> 01:02:42.500
 to

01:02:42.500 --> 01:02:43.500
 the

01:02:43.500 --> 01:02:44.500
 Lord

01:02:44.500 --> 01:02:45.500
 give

01:02:45.500 --> 01:02:47.500
 peace.

01:02:47.500 --> 01:02:50.500
 I'll go to this door on my right.

01:02:50.500 --> 01:02:51.500
 Now may the grace,

01:02:51.500 --> 01:02:58.500
 mercy and peace of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest and abide upon each one of you now and forevermore. Amen.

01:02:58.500 --> 01:02:59.500
 Amen.

01:03:28.500 --> 01:03:29.559
 véx

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 amen.

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 for

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 all

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 people

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 in

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 Thank you.